• Lawsuit claims Zoom illegally shared user data with Facebook

    Lawsuit claims Zoom illegally shared user data with Facebook

    Zoom illegally gave Facebook its users’ personal data without telling them, according to a new lawsuit against the teleconferencing company that has seen its business surge amid the coronavirus pandemic. The company failed to tell users that it gave Facebook and “and possibly other third parties” access to personal information it collected whenever they installed …
  • Zoom’s Chinese virus boom raises privacy concerns

    Zoom’s Chinese virus boom raises privacy concerns

    Teleconferencing company Zoom is drawing scrutiny as a result of its coronavirus-fueled business boom. Internet-rights advocates say they want Zoom, which has been overwhelmed with demand in the wake of the viral outbreak, to start publishing a transparency report detailing its data security practices, including how it responds to governments seeking to crack down on …